# Hey! Be careful where you sling that Doper name abbreviation, 'kay? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536 "2002-07-30T14:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/21 "2002-07-30T17:56:22Z")
Actually, **Bean** , I love being called Fred. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/22 "2002-07-30T18:16:23Z")
It’s **lno**. That’s a lower-case **LNO**. I am not **Ino**. If you want, you can call me **Eleno**. That works. **Noem** is also acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/23 "2002-07-30T19:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **Syzygy:** My name is six letters long, and is an actual English word. Would it kill you to type it correctly? Your name is also the answer to an obscure riddle that I composed a coupla years ago:[ul]Sword. _Why?_ Zymogen. _Why?_ Grail. _Why?_[/ul]Probably doesn’t make a lot of sense unless you are _far_ too familiar with hermetic philosophy. (I spent about 8 years living in the 17[sup]th[/sup] century.) ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/24 "2002-07-30T20:07:27Z")
I keep hoping for a poster named **Virile Stallion** to show up so that we can be confused. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/25 "2002-07-30T20:31:11Z")
A decent amount of people abbreviate my name, I only really recall seeing **zwei** , though. That’s fine with me, but it makes me think of chanting, “we’re number 2! We’re number 2!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/26 "2002-07-30T21:44:19Z")
I would prefer to be addressed as _ **Goddess** _ if it’s all the same to you folks. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/27 "2002-07-30T21:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Porky Pine. He was in _Pogo_. \*\* Damn you. Damn you to hell. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/28 "2002-07-30T22:43:29Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s lno. That’s a lower-case LNO. I am not Ino. If you want, you can call me Eleno. That works. Noem is also acceptable. okay, all together now . . . NORM!!! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/29 "2002-07-30T22:47:58Z")
Everyone always asks if they can call me **Guin** , which amuses me, because it really doesn’t matter. I mean, I’ll know who you’re talking to. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/30 "2002-07-30T23:14:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by throatshot \* > \*\* > I would like to only be addressed as **Throatshot the super-intelligent, whose beauty lights up a room. She’s also one heckuva nice gal.** Thanks in advance for your cooperation. \*\* Jumpin Jesus on a pogo stick! **throatshot’s** female?!?!?! [sub]your name creeps me out, tho\*\* ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/31 "2002-07-30T23:51:39Z")
**VDarlin** , **V** , **Darlin** , or even **VD** are all perfectly acceptable names for which to call me. ~V ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/32 "2002-07-30T23:53:19Z")
It’s be kinda pointless to abbreviate my name. As for what I’d prefer to be called, I’d accept **Your Ladyship** , **Lady Katherinne** , **Mizz Kat** or **Supreme Deity of the Felines**. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/33 "2002-07-30T23:55:01Z")
You can call me **La Jefa Grande**. I always call that moderator up there Uke. And, call me strange --no wait, call me La Jefa Grande. O.K., you can call me La Extrana Jefa Grande-- but **throatshot** sorta kinda brings to mind, umm, how do I put this— oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/34 "2002-07-31T00:37:21Z")
Well, since nobody much refers to me anyway…I don’t much care one way or the other. Usually I’m addressed as Silky (which is fine…) and in fathom or straightdope chat I go by Sylkyn. It’s shorter. I found out that using my regular screen name on mIRC, it ends up looking like “SilkyThr”. How attractive. I’ve often pondered the idea of going ahead and asking for a name change, since I seem to be more readily identifiable as either of those two names. But that would mean sending an email to a mod, and since I don’t consider it that big a deal, it ain’t happened yet. Probably won’t, either. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/35 "2002-07-31T00:48:01Z")
Hey, I am often referred to as **LoW** , which totally threw me the first time I saw it. I don’t guess I have a preferred abbreviation, but if any of y’all want to call me Juli, that’d be OK. (Add me to the list of surprised people who thought **throatshot** was a guy.) ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/36 "2002-07-31T00:58:02Z")
You may call me, “ **Mister** Steve Martin.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/37 "2002-07-31T01:00:00Z")
Non-preferred forms of address: Qad Qaddie The Gopster Merkie Preferred: Q Qt QtM Slithering one ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/38 "2002-07-31T01:03:52Z")
Not Quagdop the Mercodian? Which is surely you’re real name (in my head). And I’m Francesca. Always Francesca. Or Acsecnarf if you’re feeling contrary. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/39 "2002-07-31T01:04:02Z")
Guess I should have used some caps in my name cause I’d much rather don or 'keyoatey than donkey. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-be-careful-where-you-sling-that-doper-name-abbreviation-kay/121536/40 "2002-07-31T01:05:32Z")
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